Tomorrow's a New Day
Wren scrubbed at tired eyes that seemed filled with sand. She felt raw and used. Her body felt battered and it took every ounce of her strength to stand from her plane chair. They disembarked to the flight attendant wishing them a good night and hoping they'd had a pleasant flight. Wren gave the woman a smile she knew didn't reach her eyes.
Drev carried their bags as she could do little more than clutch her arms around her stomach. She knew she should be feeling relief at the knowledge of her tormentor behind bars, but mostly she felt like shit.
She just didn't understand what she'd done to deserve such things. Was she a whore mongering pirate in another life and this was karma's way of sticking it to her? Or did she just reek of victim pheromones? She needed to find herself a psychologist or she'd loose her mind and she'd worked so hard to rebuild it she had no intention of letting it go.
Drev draped an arm around her shoulders as he slung the two duffles over one shoulder. She leaned into him and let him guide her to the waiting limo waiting outside the terminal. It was an awkward way to walk, but she just didn't have the wherewithal to care.
As she fished through his drawer for underwear and socks, Drev dropped the towel to the floor and stood patiently.
Laying the socks on the bed, she knelt on the floor and came face to face with a very happy piece of Drev's anatomy. She gasped quietly, to restart her lungs and found herself frozen. thousands of things ran circles through her mind as she stared wide-eyed at him. Finally her eyelids blinked and broke the spell. Her hands moved of their own accord and offered the boxer briefs out to him.
Drev stepped into them and Wren pulled them up his legs and was forced to stop mid thigh. She looked up at him and gave a shy smile.
"Um, I'll let you, I don't want to hurt anything."
When she stopped pulling his boxers up at mid thigh, he wanted nothing more than for her to take him in her hands, to feel him, to touch him, to explore him.
He wanted to tell her that she couldn't hurt him, but he didn't. She was still wary of his manhood, and if she felt uncomfortable in anyway, he didn't want to press her. So he reached down and managed to stuff himself into the boxers, though the thick ridge reaching down the inside of his right leg still betrayed his growing arousal. All the while, he watched Wren's face, trying to gauge her reaction.
Instead she picked up his shirt and slipped the top button, that held the shirt on it's hanger, through it's hole. She tossed the hanger back onto the bed and slipped the silk first up one arm and then the other. All the while blinking back the stupid, stupid tears that wet her eye lashes and caused a lump in her throat. She was going to over come all of this one day and she would no longer have to shed tears for her past.
As she went about dressing him, he remained silent, unsure of what to do. He wanted to hold her, wrap her up in his strong arms, and protect her from the bad memories. He wanted to hold her and tell her that it would be alright. But by doing this busy work of getting him dressed, she was letting her mind focus on something other than the pain. So he left her to it. Thankfully his arousal relaxed to a more comfortable - and less obvious - level.
"Do you have any dealerships in mind that you want to check out?"
"Just the one in the paper. I don't know anything about car dealerships in this area. Not to mention it will be my first car purchase...ever."
She helped him into his suit pants and gently tucked the silk into the pants. After deftly closing the fly, she reached for his belt and realized she'd forgotten one.
"I think maybe I'd like to look at those new Nissan sports cars and maybe see what else Chevrolet has to offer other than a 'Vette."
She went into the closet and retrieved a belt and matching shoes. "I know I don't want anything red, because I can't afford tickets. I was thinking silver. I think I'd loot hot in a silver car."
Wren threaded the belt through the loops and buckled it. She gave the silver buckle a pat and stepped back.
"Not bad, if I do say so myself."
Grinning, Drev turned halfway around. "These pants don't make my butt look big, do they?"
"Now I have to go do something with this hair and face to make myself presentable to the world." She waggled her eyebrows at him and turning on her heel, headed to the bathroom. Once there she combed a light product through her hair to tone down the flyaways and put on a little eyeliner, mascara, and put a nice pouty red on her lips. Her nails were in a french manicure, so she didn't need to worry about clashing and her purple painted toes would be hidden in her shoes.
Finished, she went to her room and slipped her feet into the black pumps and put tasteful dangles in her ears and a silver necklace with a ruby charm around her neck. She took her evening bag from the top of her dresser and went out into the kitchen to transfer over essentials. Namely her driver's license, credit card, lipstick, and the cash she had in her wallet.
"Ready when you are." She called out as she stuffed the stuff into the little bag.
His breath caught a little bit when he saw her, and he couldn't resist pulling her into a tight embrace. He didn't want to ruin her lipstick, so he kissed her neck, just below her left ear. "You look splendid, as always," he said with a grin and led her out of the condo.
((Wren and Drev out, Lock up please))